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BURROUGHS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)

Synonyms:

Burroughs; Edgar Rice Burroughs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)

Synonyms:

Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)

Synonyms:

Burroughs; William Burroughs; William S. Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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